The Story of B

1996 novel by Daniel Quinn The Story of B First editionAuthorDaniel QuinnLanguageEnglishPublisherBantam DellPublication dateDecember 1996Publication placeUnited StatesMedia typePrint (hardback & paperback)Pages325 ppISBN0-553-10053-XOCLC34663431Dewey Decimal813/.54 20LC ClassPS3567.U338 S76 1996Preceded byIshmael Followed byMy Ishmael The Story of B is a 1996 philosophical novel written by Daniel Quinn and published by Bantam Publishing. It chronicles a young priest's movement away from his religion and toward the environmentalist teachings of an international lecturer known as "B". The Story of B expands upon many of the philosophical ideas introduced in Quinn's 1992 novel Ishmael, and acts as the spiritual successor to both this book and My Ishmael, also written by Quinn. Plot summary The Story of B is presented as a diary of the American first-person narrator and protagonist, Fr. Jared Osborne, a Roman Catholic priest of the (fictitious) Laurentian order. The Laurentians have traditionally made it their duty to be the first group to recognize the Antichrist. With this mission in mind, an esteemed member of the order, Fr. Bernard Lulfre, personally tasks Jared with investigating